In the lab on
Thursday, we began by having a large group meeting. People introduced
themselves and the work they are doing in the lab. During this meeting it was announced that in
the meeting next week I will be giving short presentation on the first couple
of chapters in a book called Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research
Papers. The book has brought up many
interesting points that should help simplify and clarify my writing and the
writing of the other students in the lab.
On Friday I was able to join Professor Xu on a trip to
Shuzhou! While he had meetings most of the day, I had the opportunity to travel
around and sightsee in the city. The commute from Hefei to Shuzhou only took a couple of
hours by high speed train! Once in Shuzhou, we met with Professor Xu’s
niece, Xu
Wanqing, who traveled with me for the day to act as a translator and to
show me around the city. After a delicious lunch, we found a bike carriage that
brought us to a place called the Lion Forest Garden. This garden was filled
with beautiful rock formations that were created by nature. Though I was
unable to understand much of the information, Xu Wanqing gave me the basic idea of
what the tour
guides were talking about. After this tour we got on a bus and went to a
boat tour. This brought us to the silk museum, which was my favorite place to
see. We saw demonstrations of how silk was made, and some incredible silk
designs. The last tour we went on was to another garden area. This stop had a
calligrapher that was giving demonstrations of his artwork.
After a day full of touring, Xu Wanqing and I were incredibly
tired. We met back up with Professor Xu so that we could all go to dinner together.
I was so happy we were able to go to Papa Johns because it is my favorite type
of pizza back home. It was great to be able to eat some American food because
there is not any on campus. After an exhausting day we went back to our rooms
to go to sleep. Tomorrow Professor Xu and I will be traveling to Shanghai to
visit with an Ophthalmologist!
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| Above is a picture from the Lion Forest Garden in Shuzhou |
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